Scooter



' 1,617,337"- Feb.15,1927. J' LES Y SCOOTER Filed March 25, 1925 /HVEHTOK- John Lees,

Patented Feb. l5, 1927.

y JOHN Ymins, 'or ,iniciauni?oLis,l inni-nim.. Y

Application `iiled. Marelli 2*3, 1,925.14 Serial No. 17,503."

. invention relates to a two-wheeledvve-` vhicle commonly known as a scooter and used Vby children at play, and. it is the primaryV purpose of my invention to eliminate the necessity of building up they frame with its' attendant costliness by providing a three piece frame. Heretofore, the `frame ofV a scooter has been built up from strap or light bar-iron or steel, which construction required considerable labor in cutting and bending the pieces to form and then rivetj ing them together and bolting on a separate jects as will be apparent in the following'V description by the means as shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my scooter with the supporting stand'drop'ped down; Fig. 2, a front elevation of the scooter; Fig. 3, a plan view of the underside of the scooter; Fig. 4, a vertical section through the foot piece taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a vertical'section through the foot piece taken on the line 5-'5 in Fig. 1; andv Fig. 6, a side elevation in fragment showing thefmethod of joining the neck and the foot piece. v

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views. j

I form'the' central part of thev frame of y the scooter comprising the foot piece 10 Vpreferably of malleable iron with the downturned side flanges a, a, and the upturned beads Z), which bound the upper face of the foot piece 10 to receive the rubber mat 11, which I secure to the footv piece 10 byk passing the split rivets 12 through both the mat and the foot piece and spreading the rivets on the under side of the foot piece.

Cast integrally with the foot piece 10, are

the two prongs 13 forming the fork to receive the rear wheel 14 secured therein by the bolt 15. Each prong V13 extends back- :wardly from*the-bosses 1li, througli'fwhich :the bolt 1`5 'passes, and has the support stand 17V pivo-ted thereto, Figs. 1 and 3. vIt willbe noted in Fig. 11, that when the stand isf down tosupport the scooter-that it bears against the bossesl andV not against the bolt head or nut 15 as has been the practice heretofore. lThe stand 17V may be ,swung around over the r'ear'rwheel v14, when thescooter-is in use, as

indicated by the dotted lines, such that it ythen'acts as a heel guard to keep the chil'ds heel from accidentally contacting the wheel.

The steering post 18 is cast with an I-section with the lateral handles secured vat the top, and the fork 19 integrally cast at'the lower end to receive the front wheel 2O by means of the' bolt 21.

The third section of the frame consists of i the neck 22 pivotally engaging with the steering post 1S between the .two ears 23 by means ofthe pin 24. The neck 22 issuitj ably castV with reinforcing ribs to obtain the desired rigidity. While I have here shown a rib on the top side only, ribs may be castV on the under side as may be required. The neck 22y diverges in its downward sweep to form a. substantial apron to protect lthe rider Y from spray from the front wheel. The neck 22 is joined to the foot piece 10 by butting against its forward end and having a lip 25 extending under the foot piece 10, and

passing the rivetsl 26,- here shown as .three in number, through the two pieces,

Passing through a slot lin the neck 22 just ahead of the foot piece is a brake pedal 27 pivotally mounted by the pin 28 passing through ears projecting upwardly. Two separate brake rods 29, and 30, one contactingjeach side of the lower end of the pedal .27, and pivoted thereto by the rpin 31, extend backwardly to the brake roller 32 which spaces the rods 29 and 30 apart and is Vmounted freely therebetween by the pin 38.

A'bracket 34, cast integrally with the foot piece 10, though it may be separate and riveted on, supports the rear ends of the brake rods as indicated in Figs. 1, 3, and 5. The bracket is formed with a slot on each side to receive eacl'ibrake rod, and as the roller 32 prevents the rods from spreading outwardly,v the rods are'safely' retained and yet are free to slidefore and aft. l

To return the brake mechanism,r I' use a lightspring 35, hooked by one end over a pin 36 passed through both brake rods, and

by the other end to a screw 37r secured to the foot piece. A .boss integrally cast with the foot piece may be substituted for the f screw 37.

Whne I have here described my invention y in the forniy now best kno-Wn to me, it isp obvious that/the structure may be Varied in detail Without departing from 'the 'spirit of the invention, I, therefore, do not desire to.

be limited to the precise forno as shown, nor any inore than may be required by the following claims.

' Lelairn:

l. A scooter Vhaving -a `trarne comprised cfr the foot piece, brake rods connecting with vthe pedal and straddiing said bracket, and a roller brake shoeV spacingr apart the ends of said brake rods. n n

'2. ln a scooter, a foot piece, a steering` vpost neck secured to the foot Ypiece by a Widenedrend of the neck, a brake pedal passed through the widened end ofthe neck, a bracket depending from the foot piece having open side slots, brake rods straddling said brake pedalY and said bracket, and a 'bri'ake 'shoe secured. to thejends of said Y'brake rods irgned March, i925.

JoHNYLEEs.

indianapolis, county of Marion, VState o'f Indiana, this the 17th day of 

